Pharmacy Technician, Multiple Shifts, Pharmacy

Job Description

Job Description

With over 150 years of caring for our community and each other in the Washington DC area, Howard University Hospital has a world-renowned reputation for high-quality, patient-centric care. Howard University Hospital is the nation’s only teaching hospital located on the campus of a Historically Black University and has created a superior learning environment, with groundbreaking research and positive patient outcomes.

Howard University Hospital seeks to hire a Pharmacy Technician in the Pharmacy Department, who will embrace our rich and historic tradition of excellence.

As a Pharmacy Technician, you will:

• Prepares and dispenses medication orders for an assigned patient population (inpatient). Fills patient medications, based on physician orders and patient profiles approved by the pharmacist, in accordance with departmental procedures.
• Assists pharmacists in collecting patient medication history to identify and resolve discrepancies, improve patient safety, and decrease medication-related errors.
• Delivers and picks up pharmacy documents and medications from various departments and patient care locations.
• Produces routine and requested computer reports from a variety of pharmacy databases (e.g., DEA substances use, unit inspections, medication use studies, inventory, billing, transfers, borrow/lending transactions).
• Packages and labels medications into unit doses for inspection and approval by the pharmacist.
• Tracks and maintains stock levels of pharmaceutical supplies to ensure availability in accordance to established par levels.
• Checks and replenishes floor stock and related medications to patient care areas.
• Observes established departmental policies, procedures, behavioral and attitudinal norms, and quality assurance programs, safety, security, environmental and infection control standards.
• Assumes other duties and responsibilities that are related and appropriate to the position and area. The above responsibilities are a general description of the level and nature of the work assigned to this classification and are not to be considered as all-inclusive.

Qualifications include:

• High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED).
• One (1) year related work experience preferred.
• Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the District of Columbia Board of Pharmacy. Successful completion of a Pharmacy Technician training program or national certification through successfully passing the National Pharmacy Technician certification examination is required.

Position Details:

• Job Type/FTE: 1.0
• Shift: Multiple Shifts, Days, Nights, 8 hours,
• Work Location: Washington, D.C.
• Unit/Department: Pharmacy
• CBA Code: 2094-11
• Pay Range: $17.80 - $28.48
  • Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and responsibility

At Howard University Hospital our job is to care for you. We do this by offering:
Work-life balance
Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
Competitive, comprehensive benefit plans offered (including health, disability, vacation, sick leave, and 403B retirement plan)
HRSA Loan Forgiveness available

COVID-19 Vaccination

Howard University Hospital requires all external applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before commencing employment. External Applicants may be required to furnish proof of vaccination and, if offered, may elect to be vaccinated at a designated Howard University Hospital location.